Blueprint Storage+

Certification Exam Objectives (SG0-001)

INTRODUCTION

The CompTIA Storage+ Powered by SNIA Certification is a vendor-neutral credential. While there is no prerequisite requirement, CompTIA recommends that the Storage+ certification is intended to follow one of the CompTIA foundational level exams A+, Network+, or Server+. This exam will certify that the successful candidate has the knowledgeand skills required to configure basic networks to include archive, backup, and restoration technologies. Additionally, the successful candidate will be able to understand the fundamentals of business continuity, application workload, system integration, and storage/system administration, while performing basic troubleshooting on connectivity issues and referencing documentation. The CompTIAStorage+ Powered by SNIA Certification is aimed at a Storage professional who has: A minimum of 12 months hands-on technical storage experience. This examination blueprint includes domain weighting, test objectives, and example content. Example topics and concepts are included to clarify the test objectives and should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all the content of this examination.The table below lists the domain areas measured by this examination and the approximate extent to which they are represented in the examination:
Domain 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 Storage Components Connectivity Storage Management Data Protection Storage Performance Total % of Examination 20% 24% 26% 17% 13% 100%

**Note: The bulleted lists below each objective are not exhaustive lists. Even thoughthey are not included in this document, other examples of technologies, processes or tasks pertaining to each objective may also be included on the exam. CompTIA Storage+ Powered by SNIA Certification Exam Objectives 1 of 16 Copyright ©2011 by the Computing Technology Industry Association. All rights reserved.
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Storage Components
1.1 Describe disk types, components, and features. • SATA • Fibre Channel • SAS • SCSI • SSD • Spindle • Platter • Cylinder • Heads • Speeds o 7,200 rpm o 10,000 rpm o 15,000 rpm • I/O vs. throughput • Capacity vs. speed Compare removable media types, components, and features. • Tape o Size vs. speed o Multi-streaming and multiplexing (pros and cons) o Shoe-shining oLTO versions (LTO1, LTO2, LTO3, LTO4, TLO5) o Compression and encryption (hardware/software) o NDMP • Other removable media DVD o o Blu-Ray Flash drives o WORM o Given a scenario, install and maintain connectors and cable types (keeping in mind their properties). Fiber cables • o Multimode (shortwave) vs. singlemode (longwave) o Length, speed and distance limitations o Connectors: LC, SC, SFP1.2

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o Care of cables: bend radius, stress Copper cables o CAT5 o CAT5e o CAT6 o Serial o Twinax o SAS o Length, speed anddistance limitations o Connectors: RJ-45, BD-9 SAS1 and SAS2 port speeds

Describe the uses of physical networking hardware. • Switch and features o Trunking o ISL o Port channel o Port types: G-ports, F-ports, N-ports, E-ports, U-ports o Directors o Hot-pluggable • HBA • CNA • Router Given a scenario, install and maintain modular storage array components. • Controller head o Single o Dual o Grid oCache o Expansion adapters Array port types and cabling: Fibre channel, FCoE, iSCSI, o SAS • Disk enclosure o Enclosure controllers o Monitoring cards o Enclosure addressing o Cabling Hot pluggable •

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